Xiongnu

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Sources

1. BookShiji (Records of the Grand Historian)
2. BookThe Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han
3. BookHanshu (Book of Han)

Relations

enemy of:

• Meng Tian

  He drove them from the Ordos in 215 BCE.

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), The Great Wall of China: From History to Myth

• Yuezhi

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han

defeated by:

• Huo Qubingsince 121 BCE O.S.

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han

ruled by:

• Huhanye58 BCE O.S. – 31 BCE O.S.

  Sources: Hanshu (Book of Han)

• Modu Chanyu209 BCE O.S. – 174 BCE O.S.

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han

Appears in8 items

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  Dynasties of China4 items
  • Meng Tian’s long walls · defeated215 BCE O.S.
  • 
    Zhang Qian sets out for the west · captorc. 138 BCE O.S.
  • Sixteen Kingdoms · founding people304 CE O.S.
  • Luoyang falls to the Xiongnu · conquerors311 CE O.S.
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  Early Imperial China4 items
  • Meng Tian’s long walls · defeated215 BCE O.S.
  • Surrounded at Baideng · besieger200 BCE O.S.
  • 
    Zhang Qian sets out for the west · captorc. 138 BCE O.S.
  • 
    Huo Qubing wins the Hexi Corridor · defeated121 BCE O.S.